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Africa Sports Unified launch new strategic platform
The Voice
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July 16, 2025
AFRICA Sports Unified (ASU) has announced the launch of ASU Insider; Founding Circle – a new strategic membership platform designed to empower decision-makers and key stakeholders driving the growth of sport across Africa. The African sports...
Egypt launches first Health Diplomacy for Medical Students in Africa
Ghana News Agency
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July 16, 2025
By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu Tema, July 16, GNA – Egypt has launched the first edition of the “Health Diplomacy for Medical Students” programme, the first of its kind in Egypt and on the African continent. The initiative was organised under the...
Dr James Orleans-Lindsay to address Africa Rising Symposium in UK
Ghana News Agency
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July 16, 2025
By Laudia Sawer Tema, July 16, GNA — Dr James Orleans-Lindsay, the Chancellor of the Cape Coast Technical University and the Executive Chairman of JL Holdings, a Ghanaian real estate company, has been announced as the keynote speaker for the...
OPINION: African Leaders’ Medical Exodus: A Crisis Of Dignity And Domestic Neglect
The Will
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July 16, 2025
July 16, (THEWILL) — The recent death of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, in a London hospital has reignited a painful spotlight on Africa’s leadership paradox. While its rulers routinely seek world-class medical care abroad—often at...
FirstBank Deepens Partnership with UNGC to Advance Sustainable Finance, Development
TechEconomy
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July 16, 2025
Advertisements FirstBank, West Africa’s premier financial services institution and a leader in financial inclusion, has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable finance by strengthening its partnership with the United Nations Global Compact...
UBA’s LEO Becomes Africa’s First Chatbot to Power Cross-Border Payments
TechEconomy
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July 16, 2025
Advertisements In a landmark development for digital banking in Africa, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced that its AI-powered chatbot, LEO, is now equipped to perform cross-border payment transactions, making it the first chatbot on...
FirstBank partners UNGC to drive sustainable finance
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 15, 2025
FirstBank, the West Africa premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider, has strengthened its partnership with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to reaffirm its commitment to driving sustainable finance and...
Zoho Partners With Al-Ahli Saudi FC As Official Tech Provider To Drive Digital Transformation And Fan Engagement
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Asdaf News) Jeddah – Asdaf News: Zoho Corp., a a leading global technology company, and Al-Ahli Saudi Club Company announced a comprehensive technology partnership, in which Zoho has been named the club's official technology partner,...
Liquid and DropByDrop Partner to Drive Smart Water Management Across Kenya
TechTrendsKE
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July 16, 2025
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) has announced a strategic partnership with DropByDrop Water Systems (DropByDrop), a global provider of smart water technologies. This collaboration, which combines Liquid’s extensive network and tailored...
Meet Bogolo Joy Kenewendo: Botswana’s Trailblazing Minister Shaping Trade, Energy & Africa’s Future
Bella Naija
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July 16, 2025
Bogolo Joy Kenewendo’s career has been marked by history-making milestones. In 2016, she entered Botswana’s political scene as a presidential nominee to parliament, and by 2018, at just 30, she became the country’s youngest cabinet minister when...
Zimbabwe partners with Chinese firms for construction of landmark $270m lithium plant
Business Insider Africa
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July 16, 2025
Zimbabwe's state-owned Kuvimba Mining House is set to begin construction of a $270 million lithium concentrator at its Sandawana mine in the third quarter of 2025. According to CEO Trevor Barnard, the commissioning is targeted for early 2027. The...
CREWS East Africa support South Sudan through regional twinning partnership
World Meteorological Organization
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July 16, 2025
The four-day workshop, held in Juba from 16 to 19 June, brought together operational forecasters from the South Sudan Meteorological Services (SSMS) to develop skills in creating weather forecasts and severe weather warnings up to five days in...
Trump to issue tariffs of over 10% on smaller nations, including Africa and the Caribbean
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 16, 2025
By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. “We’ll probably set one tariff for all...
The Rise of Impact Investing in Emerging Markets: How Capital is Reshaping Africa’s Development Landscape
The London Economic
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July 16, 2025
This convergence of profit and purpose represents a fundamental shift in how capital flows to developing economies, offering alternatives to traditional aid models while addressing pressing social and environmental challenges. The Evolution of...
China Seeks to Expand Multisectoral Cooperation with Morocco as Gateway to Africa
Morocco World News
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July 16, 2025
Rabat – China is eyeing a broader multisectoral partnership with Morocco and expanding its reach across Africa. Gong Zheng, mayor of the municipal People’s Government of Shanghai, conveyed his country’s ambition on Tuesday in Rabat during a...
Tradition in Tanzania: Reviving East Africa’s Ocean Heritage
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 16, 2025
While grassroots efforts thrive, a transformative movement is reshaping legal frameworks on a global scale. The concept of Ocean Rights advocates for recognising the legal rights of the ocean as a living entity, acknowledging its intrinsic value...
Africa: Digital transformation accelerates with investment, innovation
Business Day
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July 16, 2025
Africa’s digital transformation is accelerating, with growing investment, innovation, and expanding access. But infrastructure and investment gaps impede the scale and scope of progress. Expanding the continent’s digital future requires urgent and...
Sounds and soul of East Africa head to rural Wales this weekend
Nation.Cymru
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July 16, 2025
Big Love Festival 2024 – main stage A small independent festival in Monmouthshire will have a truly global flavour this weekend (17-20 July) – as some of the most exciting names in East African music and art descend on Wales. Thanks to support...
Africa faces critical hurdles to meeting 2030 SDGs deadline
ESI Africa
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July 16, 2025
The UN has sounded the alarm on the lack of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, as the continent continues to seek to accelerate its progress. And with five years remaining until the 2030 deadline, a new UN report...
Effie Caldarola: Kidnapped African priest was beloved in Alaskan diocese
Hawaii Catholic Herald
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July 16, 2025
Commentary Like many Americans, I remember the terrorist group Boko Haram because of its kidnapping of 276 Nigerian school girls in 2014. The world recoiled in horror, but eventually the news cycle moved on. So I was shocked anew when friends in...